1 Samuweli
26:1 Futhi abaseZifi beza kuSawule eGibeya, wathi: "UDavide akacasha yini
yena egqumeni laseHakila eliphambi kwehlane na?
26:2 Khona-ke uSawule wasukuma, futhi wehlela ehlane laseZifi, ephethe ezintathu
abayizinkulungwane ezikhethiweyo bakwa-Israyeli kanye naye ukuba bafune uDavide ehlane
kaZifi.
26:3 USawule wamisa egqumeni Hakila, okuyinto phambi kwehlane, eduze
indlela. Kepha uDavide wahlala ehlane, wabona ukuthi uSawule ufikile
emva kwakhe ehlane.
26:4 UDavide wayesethuma izinhloli, wazi ukuthi uSawule ungenile
kakhulu isenzo.
26:5 UDavide wasuka, waya endaweni uSawule ayemise kuyo, noDavide
wabona indawo lapho uSawule elele khona, no-Abineri indodana kaNeri, induna
uSawule wayelele enqabeni, abantu bamisa inkamba nxazonke
ngaye.
26:6 UDavide waphendula, wathi ku-Ahimeleki, umHeti, naku-Abishayi
indodana kaSeruya, umfowabo kaJowabe, wathi: "Ngubani oyakwehla nami siye."
uSawule ekamu? Wathi u-Abishayi: "Ngiyakwehla nawe."
26:7 UDavide no-Abishayi bafika kubantu ebusuku, futhi bheka, uSawule wayelele
elele phakathi komsele, umkhonto wakhe ugxunyekwe emhlabathini ngasesakhe
kepha u-Abineri nabantu babelele nxazonke zakhe.
26:8 U-Abishayi wayesethi kuDavide, "UNkulunkulu unikele isitha sakho esandleni sakho."
manje ngiyakuncenga, ake ngimtshaye ngenhlamvu
umkhonto ngisho nasemhlabeni ngaso leso sikhathi, futhi ngeke ngimgwaze okwesibili
isikhathi.
26:9 UDavide wathi ku-Abishayi, "Ungambulali, ngoba ngubani ongelula."
isandla sakhe kogcotshiweyo kaJehova, singabi nacala na?
26:10 UDavide wathi, Kuphila kukaJehova, uJehova uyakumshaya; noma
usuku lwakhe lokufa luyofika; noma uyakwehlela empini, abhubhe.
26:11 Makube kude neNkosi ukuba ngingelulele isandla sami phezu kukaJehova
ogcotshiweyo: kepha ake uthathe umkhonto ongakwakhe
nesitsha samanzi, sihambe.
26:12 Ngakho uDavide wathatha umkhonto nojeke wamanzi ngasekhanda likaSawule; futhi
bamuka, akwabona muntu, nokwaziyo, novukayo;
bonke babelele; ngokuba ubuthongo obunzima obuvela kuJehova behlele phezu kwakhe
bona.
26:13 Khona-ke uDavide wawelela ngaphesheya, futhi wema esiqongweni sentaba
kude; kukhona isikhala esikhulu phakathi kwabo.
26:14 UDavide wamemeza kubantu futhi ku-Abineri, indodana kaNeri, wathi:
Awuphenduli, Abineri? UAbhineri wasephendula wathi: Ungubani wena?
lokho kukhala enkosini?
26:15 UDavide wathi ku-Abineri: "Awuyena yini iqhawe? futhi ubani ofana naye
wena kwa-Israyeli? Pho, ungayigcinanga ngani inkosi yakho, inkosi, na? okwe
kwangena omunye wabantu ukuba abulale inkosi inkosi yakho.
26:16 Akukuhle lokhu okwenzile. Kuphila kukaJehova, ninjalo nina
nifanele ukufa, ngokuba aniyigcinanga inkosi yenu, uJehova
egcotshiwe. Bheka manje, lapho umkhonto wenkosi uphi, nojeke wamanzi;
lokho kwakusezandleni zakhe.
26:17 USawule walazi izwi likaDavide, wathi: "Yizwi lakho leli, ndodana yami Davide?
UDavide wathi: “Yizwi lami, nkosi yami, nkosi.
26:18 Wathi: "Kungani inkosi yami ixosha inceku yayo na? okwe
ngenzeni? noma yibuphi ububi obusesandleni sami?
26:19 Manje, ngicela, inkosi yami, inkosi, ake izwe amazwi ayo
inceku. Uma uJehova ekuvusile ngokumelene nami, makavume
kepha uma bengabantwana babantu, mabaqalekiswe phambi kukaJehova
NKOSI; ngoba bangixotshile lamuhla ukuthi ngingahlali phakathi
ifa likaJehova ngokuthi: 'Hambani nikhonze abanye onkulunkulu.'
26:20 Ngakho-ke, ungavumeli igazi lami liwele emhlabathini phambi kobuso bukaJehova
Jehova, ngokuba inkosi yakwa-Israyeli iphumele ukufuna intwazana njengakuqala
uzingela intendele ezintabeni.
" 26:21 Khona-ke uSawule wathi: "Ngonile
yenza okubi, ngokuba umphefumulo wami ubuyigugu emehlweni akho namuhla;
bheka, ngenze ubuwula, ngona kakhulu.
26:22 UDavide waphendula, wathi: "Bheka, umkhonto wenkosi! futhi ake omunye we
zisondele izinsizwa zizoyilanda.
26:23 UJehova uzobuyisela kulowo nalowo ukulunga kwakhe nokwethembeka kwakhe; okwe
uJehova ubekunikele esandleni sami namuhla, kepha angivumanga ukwelula
ngelulela isandla sami kogcotshiweyo kaJehova.
26:24 Futhi bheka, njengoba nje ukuphila kwakho kwaba kakhulu namuhla emehlweni ami, kanjalo ake
ukuphila kwami makube kakhulu emehlweni kaJehova, futhi makangikhulule
kuzo zonke izinsizi.
" 26:25 USawule wayesethi kuDavide, "Mawubusiswe wena, ndodana yami Davide
yenza izinto ezinkulu, futhi futhi usazonqoba. Ngakho uDavida wahamba indlela yakhe.
uSawule wabuyela endaweni yakhe.